People expecting benefits to hit their account on the day of the Queen's funeral, Monday, September 19, will get their money this Friday, it has been confirmed.
Concerns had been raised following payment of Child Benefit on the weekend of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, when parents received a split payment, with a small amount paid followed by the balance three days later, leading to fears that mistakes had been made in payments. But both the Department of Work and Pensions and His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have confirmed that all benefits and credits will be paid early ahead of Monday, which has been declared a bank holiday.
"The Department for Work and Pensions and HM Revenue and Customs have put arrangements in place to ensure all benefits and credits due to be paid on this date – now a bank holiday for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s State Funeral - will be delivered in advance," said a spokesman. "People who are due to receive payments on Monday 19 September will instead be paid on Friday 16 September, the last working day before the State Funeral. This arrangement follows standard DWP and HMRC protocol that sees benefit and credit payment dates brought forward in line with national bank holidays."
